An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicate has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as part of a global web of trades in drugs, weapons and laundered cash, according to the US Department of Justice.

Chinese actor Wang Xing shakes hands with a Thai police officer after being assisted in his return to the country, after being kidnapped into one of the telecom fraud centers, at a police station in Thailand-Myanmar border's Mae Sot district, Tak province, Thailand, on Jan. 7.

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, a Yakuza leader, was said to have "brazenly trafficked nuclear material, including weapons-grade plutonium".

The Myanmar military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) signed a formal agreement for a ceasefire that began on Saturday, China's foreign ministry said, halting fighting near the border of both countries.

Tokyo: In a concerning development, a leader of Japan's notorious gang has reportedly orchestrated a scheme to smuggle nuclear material and heavy weapons intended for warfare. Takeshi Ebisawa was found guilty of transporting lethal materials from Myanmar as part of a global smuggling racket.

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Mafia leader caught in sting operation trying to sell weapons-grade nuclear material to man he believed was Iranian general

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, pleaded guilty in Manhattan, New York, to conspiring with a network of associates to traffic nuclear materials.

The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges alleging that he conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use it for nuclear weapons. Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan ...

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Malaysia is committed to addressing regional issues, but expectations on Myanmar and disputes in the South China Sea should be measured, a top official said.

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